The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-15 00:00:00

I) E'ER : HOUSE OP LORDS—Last Evening. Tb e LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 4 o'clock, THE EASTER HOLIDAYS. End GRANVILLE gave notice that on Friday next ha ehonid. move the adjournment of the house until the fol. lowi lig Tuesday fortnight. The House of Commons would meat on the day before that, but it would be convenient to their lordships to meet on the Tuesday. THE JUDGE ADVOCATE-GENERAL. In reply to Lord CHELMSFORD, Eel rl DE GREY said that the question of making a Chance in the duties of the Judge Advocate-General was under consideration. The remarks of his noble friend in the other house referred to the Mutiny Act, in which itwas not intended to make any change. THE DANO-GERMAN WAR. Earl DERBY said he had given notice to the noble lord opposite (Lord Wodehouse) to put a qu es ti on to bim, r elative to a statement he had seen attributed to him in the newspapers. The noble lord had lately been on a mission to Copenhagen, and it was attributed to him, in the course of a conversation, when M. Halle had asked him if the withdrawal of the November Constitution would put an end to • the German invasion, that he (Lord Wodehonse) had replied, " certainly not." Earl GRANVILLE said he did not think it for the public advantage that a question should be pat to peers who had been engaged in certain diplomatic measures. The proper course would be for the question to be put to the noble earl the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, as the representative of her Majesty's Government. Earl DERBY said he had not only given notice to his noble friend of his intention to put the question to him, bat he said he should be obliged to him for putting it, as it would enable him to remove the erroneous impression that prevailed. Had he asked what instructions the noble lard had received, then of course he should have put the question to the noble earl the Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Lord WODEHOUSE said it would be seen, by his ac- Count of the interview in his despatch to Earl Russell, that be had expressed his opinion that no measure that the Danish Government had been advised to take would have the effect of putting an end to the dispute. He remembered that M. Halle had asked him whether any measures were likely to stop the execution, and he gave answer that he was afraid nothing was likely to stop that execution. That was perfectly in accordance with what he‘lad heard at Berlin. He could not have said that the withdrawal of the constitution would have stopped the execution, because 1w was not informed on that point. Lord. STRATHEDEN inquired what credit ought to be atttached to the allegation of Prince Gortchakoff, reported by Lord Napier in a despatch from St. Petersburg, page 604, No. 4, of the Danish papers, to the effect that the four Governments of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Great Britain are "now thinking and acting in harmony on a question still more important than that of Holstein and Schleswig." Earl GRANVILLE said there was no truth whatever that England had entered into any combination of any sort or kind hostile to France. IRELAND, Lord CLEMENTS asked the Lord President what was the amount of the funds at present vested in her Majesty under the provisions of the 11th and 12th Vic., cap. 115, and formerly the property of the " Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Institution," and not disposed of; and he wished to be informed how the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury propose to dispose of that money for the benefit of the poor ? Earl GRANVILLE said that about £23,000 was appli cable, and that her Majesty's Government were considering the advisability of applying some of the money in order to teach the people how to grow flax. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Deal and Walmer Gas, Globe Telegraph Company, and Pneumatic Despatch Company. VESTRY CESS (IRELAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee. ENCLOSURE BILL. This bill was also read a second time, Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. THE BER WICK -ON-T WEED ELECTION. Mr. LONGFIELD, the chairman of the committee appointed to try the petition against the return of Mr. Cargill for Berwick-on-Tweed, presented the report of the committee to the effect that there was no evidence to show that the hon. member was not duly elected. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Ipswich Gas Bill was read a third time and passed ; and the following bills were considered and ordered fo r third reading :—Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge Water —Huntingdon and Godmanchester Gas—Lea Bridge Dis trict Gas—London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Kemp Town Station and Lines) London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Ouse Valley Line)-- London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Tunbridge Wells and Eastbourne Line—Northtleet District Gas— Tunbridge Wells Gas—and Weston-super-Mare Pier, The following bills were read a second time :—. r ientral Wales and Staffordshire Junction Railways—Great Eastern Railway (Junctions)—Great Eastern Railway (Metropoli tan Station and Railways)—Hampstead, Midland, North Western, and Charing-cross Junction Railway. TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS. On the motion of Mr. V. SCULLY, a return in a tabul%r form was ordered of all transatlantic steamers (British ..)r foreign, and whether carrying or not carrying mails), which, during the year 1863, left any port or ports in the United Kingdom for any port or ports in North America, arranged in chronological order, according to the dates of their respective departures, as well as other details con nected with the transatlantic mail service. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Col. TAYLOR, a writ was ordered for the election of a member for the county of Armagh, in the room of Mr. Close, resigned. THE SLAVE TRADE ON THE COAST OF AFRICA. In reply to Lord A. CHURCHILL, Mr. LAYARD said that, unfortunately, notwithstand ing the vigilance of her Majesty's cruisers, they were toe few in number on the east coast of Africa to operate effec tually for the suppression of the slave trade, and their efforts were impeded by the conduct of the subordinates of the Portuguese Government at Zanzibar. BRITISH HERRINGS. Mr. W. MILLER asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Afairs, if any attempts had been made to in duce the Government of Austria to reduce the prohibitory duty charged on the importation of British cured herrings into that country; if so, what success had attended such endeavours, and if he was willing to lay upon the table of the house copies of the correspondence that may have passed for the attainment of that object. Mr. LAYARD said that the Austrian Government had declined to enter into any negociations cn the subject at present; nor until they had revised their tariff in 1865, when they promised that the subject should receive their earnest attention. THE COURT MARTIAL ON COL. CRAWLEY. Sir J. FERGUSSON asked the Judge Advocate whether the witnesses sent home from India for the defence of Col. Crawley were privately cross-examined by the deputy judge advocate at any time previous to their appearance before the court martial at Aldershot ? Mr. HEADLAM replied in the affirmative, stating that it was necessary to make such examination for the purposes of the court martial. THE ARMSTRONG GUNS. Admiral DUNCOMBE asked the Secretary to the Ad miralty if he would lay upon the table of the house Admiral IKaper's official report of the performance of the Armstrong guns in the action at Kagosima. Lord C. PAGET said that he had no objection to pro duce the report in question. SOLDIERS WHOSE TERM OF SERVICE IS EXPIRING. Mr. D. DAXER asked the Under Secretary of State for War if, in consequence of service of so many " ten years' " men in the array, expiring in 1864-5, the Government was prepared with any proposition by which they may secure the services of these old. soldiers for a further period of 11 years, or, through them, making a sort of reserve in addi tion to the pensioners? The Marquis of HARTINGTON said he would take an early opportunity of making a statement on this subject. GARDENS FOP. SOLDIERS. Mr. W. EWART asked the Under Secretary of State for War whether it was prop ose d to aff ord soldiers, i n th e diffe rent camps in the country, and generally, where practicable, facilities for cultivati ng gar d ens, as was the practice on the continent, and as had been recommended by a mili tary commission? The Marquis of HARTINGTON said that the subject was under consideration. THE BLOCKADE. Mr. FENWICK asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether her Majesty's Government had received information that the Danish Government will permit vessels that have been delayed by ice in the port of Lubeck to leave that port without being subject to capture; and whether her Majesty's Government would urge on the Danish Government the justice of permitting German ships which had been delayed by ice in German ports before the commencmentof the war , and having car goes on board belonging to Britis h merchants, to leave such port without being subject to capture ? Mr. LAYARD said that the regulations made by the Danish Government had been published in the Gazette, and is the regulations it was stated that reasonable time would be given t o vesse l s w hich might be delayed by unforeseen circumstances. Her Majesty's Government had received no official information of the blockade of Lubeck, but they had just receive) the notification of the blockade of Stralsund, Swinemnnde, Bahl, and another port the name of which could not be heard in the gallery. OUR FOREIGN POLICY. On the motion for going Mr. ROEBUCK asked: into committee of supply, "As the Solicitor• General has stated that it is the intention of her Majesty's Government to remonstrate with the Government of the Confederate States upon their employment of agents for illegal purposes, and as the First Lord of the Treasury has declared that the Government of her Majesty desired to maintain the strictest neutrality between th e C on f ederate and Federal States,waa it intended to remonstrate with the Government of the Federal States upon the employment by them of agents in Ireland for the purpose of enlisting as soldiers the subjects of her Majesty ?" The hon. gentleman, alluding to the second portion of his question, proceeded to say : I believe the noble lord at the head of the Government really desires to maintain the strictest neutrality ; but I am afraid that the noble lord is not altogether master of the situation. There are other powers in the Government —there is one great power which I think somewhat overshadows the noble lord and the whole administration. Now, the noble lord not only has the confidence of the country, but their affec tion and regard—(hear, hear)—and if he says he will do anything, we have perfect confidence that ho intends doing it. But, sir, there is another power by the side of the noble lord—a power which has always appeared in the liberal Go vernments of this country since the days of the rev elution. The person to whom I allade is Earl Russell, and I will say that the honour of England in his hands has not shone forth with such lustre as I could have wished. Igo from China and Japan to Poland, to Denmark, and, lastly, to America, and in every case the honour and name of England has been tarnished by what has taken place. I read the despatches, and the feeling in my mind was that of dire humiliation. I felt that England was not upheld as she ought to be upheld, and that tkat strict neutrality which the noble lord professes—and professes honestly, I am sure—was not maintained. Why the tone was like the screams of a cockatoo, or of an angry woman—(laughter)—but the performance was not equal to the outset. The words were big, but the doings were the least possible. The noble earl seemed frightened ; and, from the moment that Mr. Adams threatened war, the noble earl crouched before the threats. That being the case, I feel I have a right to inquire, what is the neutrality which the noble earl professes, and what is the state of the two peoples between whom we profess to be neutral? The hon. member then recapitulated the cir cumstances attending the alleged Federal enlistments in Ireland, and characterised the whole proceedings of the American war as a blot on human nature, and Washington as a sink of political iniquity. He was told, he said, that he should have sympathy with the Northern States, but he maintained that they were loose, cowardly, and cruel. (Hear, hear, and oh, oh.) In conclusion, he asked the noble lord whether it was the intention of the Government, having determined to remonstrate with the Confederate States, to remonstrate also with the Federal States for using agents in Ireland with the view of endeavouring to enlist men for the Northern army. (Hear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON—My hon. and learned friend has been kind enough to pay me some compliments— but I beg to say that I cannot accept from any one com pliments at the expense of my colleagues. (Cheers.) My hon. and learned friend ought to know that it is vain to endeavour to single out a member of the Govern ment for the purpose of holding him up to public obloquy ; and, in order to make amends for that, to pay compli ments and praises to others. (Cheers.) My noble friend at the head of the Foreign Office is no doubt the organ of the Government in all its communications, and with regard to all our relations with foreign Powers ; but my noble friend takes no step except in concert with his col leagues ; and I must declare to my hon, and learned friend, who has endeavoured to separate my noble friend from the rest of his colleagues, that I am equally respon sible with him for every step that has been taken in the conduct of these negotiations, which seem unhappily to have excited feelings of humiliation in the mind of my hon. and learned friend (—laughter)—feelings which I be lieve are not shared by the people of this country-- (cheers)—not shared in by any man of impartial mind who has looked with attention to the different steps we have taken in all these great transactions. But, once for all, I beg most distinctly and positively to state that those who attempt to separate my noble friend from his colleagues will fail in their endeavours ; and will, at the same time, betray an ignorance of the practice of the Government of this country (hear, hear)—and henceforward I beg that my declara tion shall be recorded, that we are all, and I especially are, equally responsible with my noble friend for every step which has been taken by him. (Cheers.) We have declared our intention to observe a strict neutrality in the contest which unfortunately is being carried on in America, and I maintain that we have kept our word, and that we have acted upon our declaration. The hon. and learned gentleman pre tends that we have dealt a different measure of justice to one side to that which we have dealt to the other. But it must be remembered that the two sides stand—unfortunately for one of them—in a very different position with regard to the assistance which they may obtain, either with this or any other neutral country. (Hear, hear.) The Northerns com mand the sea, and all their ports are open. They can go to Birmingham, Liege, or any other important town, for arms and munitions of war, where they can buy what they like, and hire ships to convey them to their own ports; end therefore they have the command of the mar kets of Etirope for the purpose of supplying their army with everything they may want to carry on the war. The Confederates, on the other hand, have not these advantages. They are shut out from the sea, and they can only get their supplies by means of blockade-runners, many of which have been captured; therefore the conditions of the two parties are unequal under an equal law of neutrality with regard to both. It is true that there is also a great difference between the building of ships in a neutral country—especially in this country—and the obtaining of arms and ammunition. I do not at all dispute, in point of principle, and indt pen dent of our municipal law, that these two things stand upon an equsi footing, that is to say, that by international law and the obligations of a belligerent if ho goes into a neutral country and buys arms wherewith to arm large forces for the purpose of deciding a campaign —which campaign is to decide a war—that is a greater assistance which he derives from a neutral power than the purchase of one or more cruisers, which can have no ultimate effect upon the issue of the war. But we have a municipal law which overrides in some respects international relations, and by which we are bound to prevent certain things being done in this coun try by one belligerent against another. We are bound, for instance, not to permit the enlistment or organisation of men, and the equipment or armament of ships. The one is an easy thing to prevent, for the arming and equipment of ships is a matter of notoriety. It is a substantial thing. You can see the progress which is made in the construc tion and equipment. You can interpose at the proper mo ment, and lay your hand on the breach of the law that is being committed. With regard to the enlistment of men, you have not the same means. My hon. and learned friend says that there is great recruiting of nien going on in Ire land for the Federal army. This may or may not be the case ; but, in order to punish those guilty of this breach of our law, you must have proof of the offence —a proof we have not obtained. It is very likely, I dare say, that there are in Ireland agents acting under the orders of the Federal Government, who are try ing to induce fighting men to go and enlist in the Federal army. But they are much too wise and too cunning to make those enlistments in Ireland. We know that there is such a difference between the wages of labour in Ireland and the United States that it is sufficient to induce Irishmen to go out as labourers on the railway and other works, where instead of Is. or 18d. a day, they will get 10s. or Ile. a day. When they land in New York they are told there is a bounty of 100 dols. if they enlist in the Federal army, with a chance of plunder and heaven knows what. (A. laugh.) I therefore say, although the statement of the hon. and learned gentle man may be substantially true—that is to say, that induce ments aro being held out in Ireland to persuade people to go to the United States, and when they get there to be in veigled into the army—to found a prosecution upon these transactions you must have proof, which we have not as yet obtained, But we have remonstrated generally on the sub ject ; and if my hon. and learned friend will only look at the papers which were laid upon the table of the house last year he will see that representations have been made to the United States Government founded on the reports and ru mours on the subject which had reached her Majesty's Go- 1 vernment. There was lately a transaction which callej: i for the very serious attention of the Government, viz , the Tier sage Federal cru i ser, w hi c h, w hil st i n the hP rbour of Cork, was accused of having enlisted a certair number of men as her crew. When inquiry was mad,,, the United States con sul at Cork declared there WP, - .1 no truth in the charge. Ap lication was made to Me. Adams on the subject, and the men returned to sore. If there was sufficient proof afforded to idereary that transaction, n o d ou bt a prosecu tion would ;rave been commenced. With regard to some who are proved to have been accessories, there is a prosecution pending. If that prosecution succeeds, P.nd you can prove the municipal law has been violated, representations will be made to the United States Government with regard to the conduct of the officers implicated in the offence. I can only say that, in order to found a distinct and formal remonstrance to the United States Government upon transactions of this kind, you must have proofs, but the: e proofs are difficult to obtain ; and we have not obtained such proofs as would enable us to make a distinct remonstrance. My hon, and learned friend at the head of the Foreign-office will be just as ready as the rest of his colleagues to vindicate the honour and the laws of this country against any infraction of the same by agents authorised by the Federal Government. (Cheers.) Sir J. FERGUSSON thought there ought to be a fuller inquiry into these matters, for ho had been assured by an admiral in her Majesty's navy that offers of money had been made to induce sailors on board the ships under his command to enter the navy of the United States. Mr. BRIGIIT—I rise not to prolong the discussion, but to make one or two remarks upon the course taken by the hon. sod learned member for Sheffield, who, in appealing for impartiality between North and South has used lan guage unworthy of a member of this House, when speak ing of a foreign Government and foreign people. (Hear, hear.) But only foreign in one sense, for they are only another English nation growing up on the other side of the Atlantic, and with none of those differences which en title them to be called foreign in the ordinary signification. The hon. and learned member put a question to the noble lord with regard to Ireland; but if he recollected what took place last year he should be aware that proof was given of the emigration of a large number of People from Ireland to America. It was said that the noble lord at the head of the Government generously contributed to semi not a few poor THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1864. persons from his own estate in Ireland across the Atlantic. The Chief Sereetary for Ireland last year, and again a few nights ago, gave proof that emigration is going on, and that about 60,000 men had crossed the Atlantic in the course oflast year. The noble lord now tells us, but not correctly, that the wages in Ireland are from is to is 6d a day, but I have been told by gentlemen from Ireland that the wages in the south-west are not more than 10d to Is. If that be so, how dare the hon. and learned member, with his logical mind, assume that the American Governraent is breaking inter national law or municipal law, in order to induce Irishmen to emigrate to America, when he must know that already an overwhelming attraction apart from the question of war is drawing Irishmen to America ? The noble lord spoke of the bounty to the soldier being 100 dols., but it amounts nearer to £100; and the only marvel is, that any Irishman, who is not the owner of land or a man of some capital, should remain in that blighted and unhappy country. Now, I happen to know the gentleman who fills the office of con sul for the United States in the port of Liverpool, and that gentleman told me that, since the war began, there was not a day his office was open that he had not to answer questions of Englishmen as well as Irishmen, who came to him to know if he could help them to go over to America, and they would enlist in the American army. I think it not unlikely, when £lOO is offered in America, that some shrewd fellow should try to persuade Englishmen and Irishmen to go over to America, so that he might receive handsome remu neration for taking them there, if they chose to enlist in the army and received a bounty. The hon. and learned mem ber has been travelling in foreign countries upon commer cial speculations. Mr. ROEBUCK—That is not true, Mr. BRIGHT—If it is not true I retract it ; but, at any rate, I am quite sure if there is an American as shrewd as the hon, and learned member he might make money by taking men to America. (Laughter.) I undertake to say that those who will read the speech of the hon, and learned member will not consider him a fair critic ; and more than that, although I have no inclination to defend the character of the noble lord at the head of the Foreign-office, yet, turning backto the events of last session, and the course which the hon. and learned member took upon the floor of this house, I under take to say that there does not exist at this moment in this country a minister or statesman who has done so much to humiliate this house and the country as the hon. and learned gentleman did after his return from his expedition to Paris, (Hear, hear.) Lord R. CECIL thought the hon. member for Birming ham had mistaken the case which had been put before the house, and in which he was inclined to agree. Now, what the hon. and learned member for Sheffield complained of was, that her Majesty's Government proceeded towards the Confederate Government upon pure suspicion, and remon strated with them while they refused to remonstrate with the Federals. He had lately seen in the American news that agents had been sent over from America for the pur pose of inducing people to emigrate. There was not a strong power in the world that Government had not remonstrated with, and they would go on remonstrating to the end of the chapter ; and although we do not hear of the slightest effect arising from these remonstrances, he trusted they would go on remonstrating as long as they felt the slightest plea sure in that agreeable occupation. Mr. KINGLAKE thought the words "abuse," "cowardly," and " corrupt," were words not fit to apply to the Government of Washington. He wished to say the opinions of the hon. gentleman (Mr. Roebuck) did not re present the opinions of that house. (Hear, hear.) They did not represent the opinions of any party in that house; theT did not represent the opinions of any fraction of that house; but they did represent that for which the hon. gentleman has great respect—the opinions of the hon. gentleman, (Laughter.) If, therefore, the American people became indignant, they would be able to show to them what manner of man it was who had thought fit to use to them language of that description. They might imagine that name was a kind of oracle in that house. He admitted that so far that the right hon. gentleman did speak with a kind of mystery and a degree of precision which were attri buted to the oracles of old ; but there was another attribute required of an oracle—that an oracle should be an oracle whom somebody consulted. (Laughter.) Now he had been for some years in the hottse, and he never heard of any man, or any group of men, who went to consult that oracle. (Laughter.) "The screaming of a cockatoo," and the " language of an old woman," were terms in which the hon. member thought fit to express the conduct of Lord Russell ; and he hoped the American Government would be as in different to the language of the hon. gentleman, as the noble lord would be whose name hal been vilipended by the hon. gentleman. Mr. CAIRD, from what he had seen in the Western and some parts of the Northern States, was of opinion that the Irish portion of the population was averse to war. When they found advertisements offering 7s. per day to railway labourers, the board not to exceed 12s. a week, it was not surprising that the Irish people could not resist the induce ment. There were countries in America capable of absorb ing with ease, and keeping in abundance, something like seventy millions of population; and he was very much afraid that a silent revolution was beginning. in the labour market, which would settle the question of the law of re moval, and others that had arises from fear of too redundant population, (Hear, hear.) QUARTERMASTER ACRES. Mr. POLLARD-URQU HART called the attention o. the house to the circumstances attending the dismissal of Quartermaster Acres from the North Tipperary Militia (laughter) ; and to move for papers. An investigation was held, which ended in his dismissal; but no attention was paid to his complaints; and although the other side brought forward witnesses, he was not allowed to bring forward any; and now only wished to defend his conduct. THE PARIS PLOT. Sir L. PALK rose to ask a question which he said was of great importance to the honour of this country. He e auld understand why hon. gentlemen occupying distin guished positions in that house treated with contempt any scurrilous abuse that appeared in the newspapers of this or any other country, but when grave charges were brought against the honour of that house and this country by an official of a friendly nation, he could not suppose for one moment that communication had not been made with that Government to the effect that the assertions had at once been contradicted and denied, and that proof had been forwarded to the Government as to the falsity of that charge. He was quite sure that no charge brought against this country was so painful to the feelings of Englishmen as that any Englishman, by word or deed, by thought or expression, could promote or instigate any man to assassi nate or commit murder. He was quite certain that was so foreign to the feelings of every Englishman, that he was glad to have that opportunity of enabling her Majesty's Government to take the earliest opportunity in their power to vindicate the honour of this country, and to declare that those assertions that were made by the Procureur-General were utterly devoid of all truth—nay more, were devoid of all possible suspicion —and to assure the French Govern ment that no charge could be brought against this nation which was more abhorrent, more worthy of contempt of all honest men, than the charge that one of that house had been guilty directly or indirectly of stimulating others to become assassins. He asked . the Secretary of State whether any correspondence had passed on the subject. Mr. LAYARD agreed with the hon. member that it was necessary that the honour of this country should be vindi cated in a matter of this nature, and agreed also that the honour of the country was best vindicated by treating such accusations as these with the contempt they deserved. (Hear, hear.) He was quite certain that there was no man in this country and no man was better acquainted with this country than the distinguished man who now ruled over France—but who would believe that such an accusa tion made against a member of Parliament or any English man must be totally and entirely false. The course her Majesty's Government had pursued was to take no notice of these accusations. No communication had been made, nor was it intended to make any. Mr. P. HENNESSY agreed that no one in that house would be guilty of the charges made by the Procureur- Gener. But there was another subject upon which he wished to touch, and that was the principles declared by Mazzini on the subject of assassination, and published in this country. He held a book in his hand, called " The Theory of the Dagger," published by Holyoake and Co., in Fleet-street, from which it appeared that Daniel Manin ac cused Mazzini of abetting assassination ; and to that accusa tion Mazzini replied, that in it Mazzini referred to his own principles and practice. He (Mazzini) set out by noticing what Daniel Manin had considered an act of great courage, the publication of a letter in the limes, and said, speaking of courage, that by the dagger they would obtain without the slightest risk the rights of their country. Having read an abstract to prove what were M. Mazzini's doctrines ac cording to his own avowal, the hon. member proceeded to ask the house to listen to the description given of them by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in a translation which he published of a book called " rho Roman States," by M. Farini, the late Prime Minister of King Victor Emanuel. The house had heard two ministers of the Crown, the one in praise of Mazzini and his doctrines, the other declaring that Mazzini had done nothing to induce people to be guilty of such crimes. The hon. member concluded by avowing his belief that the hon. member of Halifax was perfectly sincere in his declarations with respect to Mazzini; but, at the same time, so great was the genius of Mazzini, that he had made a dupe of the hon. member. (Hear, hear.) Mr. W. E. FOSTER protested against charges being thus brought against an absent man, who, whatever his faults, was still a man of very high character. (Hear, hear.) He believed that, in the general opinion of men of all parties, Mazzini was not implicated in the late plot; and if there was any plat, it was a plot to impli cate Mazzini. It seemed to him to be an abuse of the privilege s of that house for any member of Parliament to use such language with respect to Mazzini. If the hon. member believed Mazzini guilty of the charges which he had insinuated, let him call upon the Government to institute a prosecution ; but if not, was it fair to bring up a pamphlet which was written some time ago, which con tained a great deal that was foolish, and which could only be properly judg e d o f b y having the, whole of it before them. (Hear, hear.) Mr. G. DUFF said it did not lie in his mouth to defend M. Mazzini, but at the same time he should regret to see the House of Commons disposed to act a part of gigantic hypocrisy. The hon. member for King's Qounty naturally detested Mazzini, because, in spite of hie shortcomings, he - had done more than any other man to keep alive the great idea of Italian unity, Mr. DISRAELI—I think the observations of the hon. member for Bradford should not be allowed to pass alto gether without observation. The hon. gentleman has en tirely drawn the attention of the house from the real ques tion before it, and the positions which he has laid down are such as we ought not to recognise. (Hear.) It seems to me to be not only the right but the duty of members of Par ' liament to make rem arks upon absent men, and that it is not necessary M. Mazzini should be amongst us in order to qualify hon. gentlemen to criticise his conduct, (Hear.) I think the remarks of the Prime Minister upon a former evening, when he deprecated observations upon a Minister of State who sits in the other House of Parliament, merely on account of his absence, went to the root of all Parlia mentary criticism. (Hear.) However, what 1 rise for is to Bay that the cause which rendered it necessary for the hon. member for the King's County to make these observations to the house seems to be perfectly forgotten. Some nights ago, when this question was brought before the house, and the conduct of a member of the Administration was im pugned for his supposed intimacy with Mazzini and his possible connection with assassins, that gentleman, sitting next the Prime Minister, and announcing himself a Minister of the Crown, giving thereby due solemnity to any statement ho might make, repudiated in the most indignant language the imuutation that he could be connected with assassins, and owning at the same time a long intimacy and fervent friendship with Mazzini, he also declared Mazzini incapable of such conduct or exploits, Well, the affair of the moment terminated ; but certainly, with such evidence before him, it became the duty of my hon. and learned friend to show that the state ment of the Minister of the Crown was perfectly unfounded, and that upon political as well as philosophical principles, Mazzini is not only an advocate but a great promoter of assassination. (Hear, hear.) Nor am I surprised that my hon. friend the member for South Devon should have put a question to the Minister which has been so unsatisfactorily answered. Here is a plot to assassinate a neighbouring sovereign, whom some believe is the intimate ally of this country. A. member of the Government, a Minister of the country, who by his own admission is at least the friend of Mazzini, if not the correspondent of Greco, while he repu diates being connected with Mazzini, yet gives him a cha racter which it is in the power of any one to show has no foundation in fact. Ho acknowledges his long intimacy with Mazzini, and he says at the same time that, from per sonal observation of his character, Mazzini is incapable 3f holding these odious opinions. Well, it speaks very little for the knowledge of human nature by a Minister of the Crown, or for his powers of observation, if for 17 years he has been intimate with this well-known character, and that he should believe him incapable of opinions which he has so elaborately vindicated, and upon every occasion circulated and defended. (Opposition cheers and laughter.) I think these are grave circumstances. We have the admission that a member of the Administration is the intimate friend of one who has professed a system of organised assassination, and I therefore think that the member for South Devon was perfectly justified in making the inquiry which he did; while I believe the House of Commons, the country, and other countries will deem the answer of the Government most unsatisfactory. (Opposition cheers,) OUR CONDUCT TO WARDS DENMARK. Mr. BUTLER-JOHN STONE asked, with reference to the detention of the Danish ironclad in the Clyde, whether, following the course alopted at the commencement of the Italian war and at the outbreak of the American rebellion, it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to advise the issue of a Royal proclamation in regard to the Danish war ? The ATTORNEY•GENERAL said that the respect which her Majesty's Government felt for the hon, member induced them to make an answer to his question, to the effect that it had never been the custom to issue proclama tions of neutrality in any case in which her Majesty's Go vernment felt that they had a deep interest in the matters which were involved in pending negotiations, and which might call for any ection on the part of her Majesty's Go vernment. In the present case, her Majesty's Government was a party by treaty, and might be involved in the nego tiations which were pending. They were watching with deep solicitude the course of events, and using their utmost exertions to promote an issue which was for the general in terest of Europe, of Denmark, and of this country. Under these circumstances, it was absolutely necessary that her Majesty's Government should reserve to themselves power to take any course which the honour and interests of Europe and Great Britain might require. To issue a proclamation of neutrality—which would be to declare that we should necessarily keep neutral during the war, whatever the even tualities of that war might be—woul be to take a most undigniied and inconsistent position. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, TATTERSALLS'.—LAST NIGHT. THE GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. Bto 1 agst Lioness (offered) 13 to 1 agst Blithfield (taken) 100 to 8 agst Wingrave (taken) CHESTER CUP. 500 to 40 agst Golden Pledge (offered) 20 to 1 agst Blackdown (offered) 30 to 1 agst Accident (taken) 40 to 1 agat Greenland (taken) THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STARES. 6to 1 agat Fille de I'Air (taken) 7 to 1 agst Cambuscan (taken and offered) THE DERBY. Bto 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) 14 to 1 agst Coastguard (taken) 100 to 7 agst Cambuscan (taken and offered) 28 to 6 agst Ackworth (taken) 33 to 1 agst Idler (taken) 40 to 1 agst agst Copenhagen (taken and offered; BETTING AT MANCHESTER—MONDAY. There was a fair attendance of members at the Rooms to-day, and the speculation was chiefly confined to the Northamptonshire Stakes. There were plenty of offers to take 20 to 1 about Jarnicoton for the City and Suburban, but no layers could be found at that figure. Closing prices : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. Bto 1 agst Lioness (taken) 10 to 1 apt Blithfield (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Gardener (taken) 14 to 1 aget Dollar (taken) 15 to 1 agst Wingrave (taken) 16 to 1 agat Fairwater (taken) 20 to 1 agst Touch and Go (taken) 20 to 1 agat Union Tack (taken) 20 to 1 agst Gibraltar (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 20 to 1 agst Jarnicoton (wanted) DERBY. 100 to 6 agat Forager (taken) DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.—MONDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for three yr-olds and upwards; penalties and allowances. T.Y.C., three quarters of a mile. 7 subs. Mr G. W. Morris's Siva, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Carroll) 1 Mr T. Parr's Blondin, 4 yrs, 9st (inc. 71b eat) (Heslop) 2 Mr H. H. H. O'Hara's Barnfoot, 3 yrs, Est 6lb (Sayers) 3 Mr Walters's Sapper, 3 yrs, Est 91b (J. Marson) 4 Betting -5 to 4 agst Blondin, sto 2 agst Siva. The latter made play throughout, and won easily by three lengths; Burnfout was a bad third. The Hopeful Stakes of 5 sow; each, with 100 added, for two-yr•olds; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b; penalties and allowances. Hopeful Course, about five furlongs. 59 subs. Mr John Dawson's Money Spinner, Bst 7lb (H. Custance) 1 Mr H. Wilkinson's East Lynn, 9st 31b (in 51b ex.) (H. rimshaw) 2 Mr E. A. Watso n ' s Frangipani colt, G Bst 101 b (J. ) 3 Mr Samuel's Blackbi r d, B s t 41b (allowed 31b).. Snowden .. (Perry) 4 The following also ran:--Rondoletia, Zouave Jun., Rose of Denmark, King Arthur, Spring-gun, Friday, Weatherglass, Catalogue, Anonyma, Grace Darling, and Nothing More. Betting-7 to 2 aget the Frangipani colt, 9to 2 agst Blackbird, 11 to 2 agst King Arthur, 10 to 1 (at first 100 to 15) agst Money Spinner, 100 to 6 agst Friday. Aft3r a delay of about half an hour in futile attempts to effect a start, King Arthur made play, followed by Black bird, Grace Darling, Weatherglass, the Frangipani colt, Spring-gun, and Zouave Jun., the others headed by Money Spinner, the two last being East Lynn and Rondoletia. Coming round into the straight, about a quarter of a mile from the finish, Blackbird closed upon King Arthur, the pair being waited upon by Money Spinner to opposite the stand, where Blackbird stopped, completely beaten, and immediately afterwards King Arthur also compounded. Two hundred yards from the Judge Money Spinner rushed to the front, and "stalling off" East Lynn and the Frangi pani colt's fiaal effort, won cleverly by half a length. A neck separated thesecond and third, and a head only divided the third and fourth. Spring-gun was fifth, King Arthur sixth, and the next three were Nothing More, Anonyma, and Zouave Jun., the absolute last being Rondoletia. The Municipal Stakes of 5 Boys each, with 40 added, for all ages ; selling and other allowances. Half a mile. 6 subs. Mr. Saxon's Romola, 2 yrs, £3O, sst 101 b (H, Sharp) 1 Mr. I'Anson's Little Hannah filly, 3 yrs, £3O, 7st 81b car. 7st 91b (A. Edwards) 2 Mr. T. Bancroft's Cronstadt, 6 yrs, £3O, 9st 1016 (Challoner) 3 Mr. J. Osborne's Vatty colt, 2 yrs, £2O, sst 131 b (Carroll) 4 Betting-5 to 4on the Little Hannah filly, 3to 1 each agat Romola and the Vatty colt. ___ _ The Little Hannah filly led to within 200 yards of the Judge's box, where Romola, on the outside of Cionstadt, joined the pair, and won an exciting—though evidently easy—race by a head. A neck separated the second and third ; the Vatty colt a bad fourth. The winner was bought in for 75 guineas. The Doncaster Spring Handicap of 10 soya each, sft, and only 3if declared, with 100 added; winners extra. St. Leger Course, one mile and three-quarters. 43 subs, 19 of whom declared. Mr Lowe's Anglo-Saxon, 3 yrs, Est 31b (J. Loates) 1 Mr Samuel's Fontenoy, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (car. 7st 91b) (A. Edwards) 2 Mr J. Osborne's Mantrap, 3 yrs, Est 31b (Carroll) 3 Mr Hodgman's'truant, 4 yrs, bat Blb (Morris) 4 Mr Watson's Unfashionable Beauty, 4 yrs, 7st (Storey) 5 Mr Fobert's Ghillie Callum, 3 yrs, Est 71b .. (J. Marton) 6 Mr W. I' Anson's New York, 3 yrs, Est 2lb (R. Kelly) 7 Betting-3 to 1 agst Truant, 100 to 30 agst Anglo-Saxon, 7 to 2 agst Mantrap, 5 to 1 agst Fontenoy. The instant the start was made Truant went away with a clear lead, followed by Mantrap, Unfashionable Beauty, and Angb-Saxon, which three were four or five lengths in front of Fontenoy, who was a similar distance in advance of Ghillie Callum, New York being tailed off early. A mile from home Anglo-Saxon took second place, and half a mile from the finish he secured a clear lead for the succeeding quarter of a mile, and was challenged by Mantrap and Fon tenoy at the distance. Half-way up the distance Mantrap died away, and opposite the stand Fontenoy got his head in front, but Anglo-Saxon, answering gamely to the frequent and determined calls made by young Loates, won a splendid finish by a short head. Two Lengths separated the second and third; the cthers beaten off. The United Hunt Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 30 added, for local hunters; gentlemen riders. Two miles. 13 subs. Mr G. Walker's Pigeon, 5 yrs, 12st 21b .. (Owner) 1 Mr James Haliday's Vand a l, age d (h b) , 12st 91b (Owner) 2 Mr G. Simpson's Red Robin, aged (h b),__l2st 41b s (Mr — C. Boynton) 3 Mr G. Nelson's Ballinaslou, 6 yrs (II b), list lllb (Owner) 4 Mr T. Croft's Lady Sutton, 4 yrs (h b), lOst 12Ib (Mr T. Price) 5 Mr C. Reynard's Young Aladdin, 4 yrs, list 71b (Mr Spence) 6 Mr Lee ns Resolute, aged (h b), list 111 b (car list 121 b (Mr Fewson) 0 Betting-11 to Son Lady Sutton, 3to 1 agst 'Vandal, 6to 1 agst Pigeon. After going a few hundred yards Vandal deprived Reso lute of the lead, and made the rest of the running to the distance, where ho was passed by Pigeon, who won easily by three lengths; the others beaten off. The Londesborough Plato of £lOO, for three-yr.olds and upwards ; winners extra. Red House in, 5 fur. 152 yds. 19 subs. Mr J. Jackson's Veterinarian, 3 yrs, Get 101 b (J. Maroon) 1 Mr W. Phillips's Persuasion, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Williamson) 2 Mr J. Osborne's Mantrap, 3 yrs, Est The following also ran : —Miss Armstrong, Faith, 'Wis dom, and Ess Bouquet. Betting-5 to 2 agst Veterinarian, 3to 1 agst Miss Arm strong, 100 to 15 each agst Faith and Persuasion, 100 to 12 agst Ess Bouquet, 10 to 1 agst Wisdom. Veterinarian waited to the distance, where he came away and won by six lengths —a length between second and third. There was no betting on future events. GRAND MILITARY AND RUGBY HUNT STEEPLECHASES.—MONDA.Y. Thr Open Handicap Steeplechase of 10 sovs each, with 50 added; winners extra. About four miles. 15 sovs. Mr J. do Chadwick's Jerry, aged, Ilst 31b (Mr B. Land) 1 Mr Tempest's Merrimac, aged, list 51b . (J. Knott) 2 Mr M‘Naghten's Thomastown, aged, 12st 71b (Murphy) 3 Betting—Even on Thomastown, 5 to 2 each agst Jerry and Merrimac. Won by six lengths, the same between second and third. The Selling Steeplechase of 3 soya each, with 30 added. Two miles. 8 subs. Capt. Tempest's Redwing, list 71b (£3O) (Owner) 1 Capt. Fitzgerald's Trumpeter, 12st (£5O) (Mr Lawrence) 2 Mr D. Collins's Nereus, aged, 12st (ac) .. (Owner) 3 Capt., Handley's Doubtful, aged, list 71b (£3O) (Mr. Land) 4 Mr G. W. Coleman's Sir Harry, 11 st 71b (£3O) (Mr. Hickman) 5 Volunteer, Lady Lovell, and Lord Derby also ran. Betting —2 to 1 agat Trumpeter, 3 to 1 agst Redwing, and 4 to 1 agst Doubtful. Won in a canter by ten lengths—a bad third. The winner was bought in by Mr Chadwick for 71 gs. The Grand Military Gold Cup, value 100 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 added; 12st each; winners extra ; allowances. Three miles over a fair hunting country. 17 subs. Major Wombwell's Bell's Life, 12st (inc. 101 b extra) (Captain Smith) 1 Captain Starkey's Cannibal, 12st (Mr. Lawson) 3 Captain Blundell's Etsharo, 12st (Owner) 3 The fol!owing also ran :—Miss Arthur, Agnes, Useless Brute, Tupsley, "Vindsor, Deacon, and "Wide Awake. Betting-2 to 1 agst Agnes, 9 to 4 agst Bell's Life, 9 to 2 agat Elaham, 7 to 1 agst Miss Arthur, 8 to 1 agst Can nibal, 10 to 1 agst Tupsley. Cannibal led the way, followed by Useless Brute, Wind sor, and Bell's Life, Agnes well up to the fence next the winning-post, which Useless Brute and Tupsley refused, and Agnes at the same time fell, and broke away. Bell's Life and Cannibal led alternately until rounding th, win ning-flag for home, where Windsor retired beaten, and Bell's Life, Cannibal, and Elsham had the finish to them selves, Major Wombwell's horse winning by a length and a half ; three lengths between second and third ; Tupsley fourth, close up. The Farmers' Maiden Plate of GO soya ; weight for age. About three miles over the Steeplechase Course. Mr E. Burdett's Deception, 6 yrs, 13st (Owner) 1 Mr Daniel's Long Enfield, aged, 13st (Mr Hipwell) 2 M: C. Norton's The Spider, 6 yra, 13st .. (Owner) 3 Mr Buick nd Master Oliver, 6 yrs, 13st .... (Mr. Cryer) 4 Mr Johnson's Miss Gent, aged, 13st (Mr J. T. Smith, Jr.) 5 The following also ran :—Sir Peter, Carissa, EF;ca ' pe, Paleface, and Paddy Shields. Betting-3 to 1 each agst The Spider and Long Enfield, 5 to 1 agst Deception. Won by 20 lengths—a bad third. The Veteran Stakes of 10 sovs each ; gentlemen riders, 12st 71b each ; winners extra. Military Steeplechase Course. Mr Duffield's Bounce, aged, 13st 71b (in. 141 b extra) (Mr Coventry) 1 Capt. Park Gale's Rifleman, 13st 71b (inc. 141 b extra) (Capt. Holyoak) 2 Capt. Wilkinson's Fusee, 13st (inc. 71b extra) (Mr. Lawrence) 3 The Nobbler also ran. Betting—Even on Bounce, 6 to 4 agat Rifleman. Won by three lengths—a bad third. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—Few persons will, we think, consider the renewed mention in the House of Commons of the matter in which the names of M. Mazzini and Mr. Stansfeld are implicated to be superfluous. On the contrary, when the incident was first brought before the House, a short time back, there was a general feeling that it required an explanation from the parties concerned, and that a very indifferent explanation was given. We propose to recall to the minds of our readers the circumstances of the case, and leave them to judge whether a high-strained tone of indignation, such as has been adopted by Messrs. Stansfeld and Layard, is the most fitting on this occasion. At the trial of Greco and his companions the Procureur-General said—" Greco was to write to that address in London if he was in want of money. It is as follows :—' M. Flower, 35, Thurloe-sqnare, Brompton.' I searched the ' London Directory.' At page 670 I found what I was looking for, and it was not without sadness that I recognised the name of a member of Parlia ment of England, who already had been in 1857 appointed to be the banker of the Tebaldi conspi racy against the Emperor's life " These expres sions of the Procureur-General, of course, attracted no little notice in France. Much indignation was expressed, not only in Imperialist circles, but also by the public at large, for it was not difficult to ascertain that at 35, Thurloe-square, resided Mr. Stansfeld, a member of the present Government. The matter was alluded to in the French press, and was made the occasion of an attack on England by , that zealous Imperialist savant, M. Leverrier. Na turally enough, curiosity was excited on this side the Channel, and the other night the attention of Mr. Stansfeld was called to the speech of the Pro cureur-General in a very temperate manner by Mr. Cox. That anybody insinuated or believed that Mr. Stansfeld was engaged in a plot to murder Napoleon 111. was, of course, out of the question ; but it undoubtedly was the fact that in the posses sion of one of the conspirators was found a letter bidding him, if in want of money, to write to a certain Mr. Flower, at the address of the member for Halifax. Who, then, was Mr. Flower ? Was there such a person ? Was the name used by Mazzini or any other person as an alias I Could Mr. Stansfeld, by making inquiry of Mezzini, or any one else, throw any light on the subject ? In short, had Mr. Stansfeld the power to clear up this mystery, which had caused so much specula tien both in Paris and London ? Mr. Stansfeld rose and at once ascended the height of moral indigna tion. "The astonishment with which he had read the speech was mingled with somewhat of a stronger feeling." He trusts it is unnecessary that he should plead to such an indictment as this, or declare that he shares the feelings of all decent men with regard to attempts of this kind, about which there can be but one opinion. So far, good. Mr. Stansfeld told the House plainly that he dis approves assassination and was not an accomplice of Greco. Still we want to hear something about Mr. Flower. But this curiosity Mr. Stansfeld will not satisfy. He improves the occasion for a eulogy on his friend Mazzini. It is a satisfac Lion to him from that place to bear his testimony to the character of a man whom he has known for some 18 years. "I say," he continues, " that M. Mazzini, whose name has been associated with this attempt—l pledge my personal knowledge of him for the conviction that he is personally inca pable of being concerned in it." Still no informa tion about Mr. Flower. At last we have all that Mr. Stansfield permits himself to say—" I have made inquiries, and I am satisfied in my own mind. I will not anticipate declarations which it is the right of others to make in this case. But I have satisfied my own mind that if the case should come to be tried the answer to it will he complete and satisfactory in every respect." When questioned again, he merely says that he " has no knowledge" of the letters addressed to Mr. Flower ; that he " has not the slightest knowledge of proceedings of this character," meaning, apparently, assassina tion ; and that he " has not been the medium which some hon. gentlemen seem to imagine." That is all that Mr. Stansfeld says on the subject. Who, then, is M. Mazzini, to whose innocence this gentle man and Mr. William Forster pledge themselves ? Let any one read the passages quoted by Mr. Hen nessy last night and say whether the friends of M. Mazzini have any right to indulge in high-flown indignation when it is alleged that he might pos sibly be engaged in a conspiracy against a Poten tate's life. There may be those who will de- fend M. Mazzini's character on the ground which he himself takes—that when nations are op pressed they must be excused for resorting even to the dagger to rid themselves of their oppressors. It is legitimate to justify the Italian Republican by justifying his doctrines, but to deny that M. Mazzini has held such doctrines is simply to pre■ sums on the forgetfulness of those who have lived through the last 20 years. We believe him to be innocent of the Greco plot, but it is most unreason able for any one to rise and repudiate the suspicion as one totally absurd and inconsistent with his cha racter. Let us refer to the trial and see what was the evidence adduced, recollecteng that even though France have an Imperial master there are still open Courts and a formal procedure quite worthy of our confidence. That Mazzini was connected with Greco is not denied. He wrote to this journal on the 14th of January last, " Greco is an enthusiastic patriot, who has taken an active part in the expeditions of 1860 and 1861 in the South of Italy, and, as such, was in relation with me." This "enthusiastic pa triot" declares that Mazzini was the prime mover in the plot. In the aete d'accusation it is stated, among many other incidents, "It was decided in a correspondence between Greco and Mazzini that the attempt should be postponed." Again, " Eight days before Mazzini quitted Lugano he left 1,300 f. with Greco. He next sent him I,ooof. from Lon- don, and again 2.009 f. in bank notes. At the same tithe he collected arms. Greco received ten bombs, revolvers, and poniards through various Mazzinian agents, and particularly through a person named Mostet, of Genoa. Finally, Greco selected, with the approbation of Mazzini, the comrades who were to accompany him to France." These are definite charges, and not to be set aside by one or two members of Parliament getting up and "pledging themselves" that Mazzini is totally incapable of doing anything of the kind. We repeat that it is very probable M. Mazzini may not have been concerned in the plot to assassinate the Emperor Napoleon, but he himself admits that he was closely connected with a man who purposed assassination, and his only defence is that this per son, whom so late as two months since he called an "enthusiastic patriot," is one of the most infamous of mankind. Now, can it be for the credit of the British Government and the nation that when a matter of this kind is very properly noticed in Par liament official people should adopt a cavalier tune, and talk of repelling such accusations with con tempt? Mr. Layard was asked last night whe ther any correspondence had passed between the French Government and our own. In answer, he declared that " the most prompt and dignified way of the country vindicating its honour in a mat ter of the kind was to treat such an accusation with the contempt it deserved." "It would be unworthy of her Majesty's Government to take notice of such a charge." This is, we must sub;it, - nui at all the spirit in which this very unpleasant matter ought to be treated. If we must speak plainly, it seems to us that if Mr. Stansfeld's house was used by these people as they describe, it is a circumstance very much to be deplored, and even if it were done without his knowledge it demands an expression of regret, and not a swagger of defiance. The Government of France has happily shown none of that irritability which marked its conduct six years ago ; the English people will also judge the question calmly, and their decision will be that it is the duty of Government to show the utmost cour tesy to the French in an affair of this kind. France is our nearest neighbour, and the whole tendency of recent legislation and enterprise has been to bring the two nations together. Express and tidal trains, submarine telegraphs,and cheapened correspondence are all employed with the single object of making the leaders of the European world one people. The Commercial Treaty of the present Government, theoretically a departure from pure free-trade prin ciples, was defended and carried through on these especial grounds. Are we, then, to see the object of so much genius and p e rseverance . endanger e d merely because Mi n i s t ers think it dignified to affect indignation when asked a question ? In our opin ion, the manner in which this subject has been treated is as little respectful to the House of COM' mons as it is courteous to the French Emperor and the French people. HERALD.—Mr. Roebuck expressed last night, in a few very significant words, the almost universal feeling with which her Majesty's present Govern ment has contrived to inspire the people of England. Without endorsing Mr. Roebuck's " personal affec tion" for the Premier, we may admit that the coup.- try believes that he has at heart the honour of the country, that he shares the national views of foreign policy, and that be desires to maintain an honest and impartial neutrality in the American quarrel. And yet there is a growing discontent with the pro ceedings of his Government, and, above all, a total distrust of its foreign policy, especially in regard to America. The Government has announced, by the mouth of a gentleman who was lately legal adviser to the Federal emb ass y, it s intention to remonstrate with the Confederate States on their alleged viola tion of our laws in purchasing vessels in our ports. Is it also their intention to remonstrate with the Federal Government on its notorious violation of sume laws in enlisting Irishmen for their the . - *Fan her M a j es ty's dominions ? It armies " large numbers of men are ex is well known tha u mon, :h afte , r , month, not, as Mr. ported from Ireland, e rumour s of high Bright pretends, attracted by I._ wages on the other side of the Ana,. ' c o., nrovided rly canvassed, bribed, collected, ana but regu with a passage by Federal agents—exported, make railways in Michigan, or work on the farm. of Illinois, but to burn Southern plantations in the Mississippi Valley, or to manure the fields of Vir ginia. The Ministry consider that they are justi fied in protesting against an alleged breach of our laws by one party; can they justify themselves in L. to , not remonstrating against an undoubted breach of those laws by th e o th er P It is very doubtful in deed whether there be any legal offence involved is the purchase of ships by a belligerent power. It is pretty well agreed that such purehases are per. , mated by international law; and at least half the best lawyers in England hold that they are not prohibited by the Foreign Enlistment Act. But there is no doubt that that act forbids the enlist men of men. Nevertheless, the Government re monstrate against that which the Lord Chief Baron and Sir H. Cairns deny to be violation of the law ; they do not remonstrate against that which is admitted on all hands to be so. Their excuse is that the facts in the case are more easily proved than in the other; a good reason for a distinction in legal proceedings, but one which will hardly be satisfactory in interna tional controversy. Diplomacy should be equitable. When the Confederate Government says " You should deal impartially; if you quarrel with us for buyiag ships, you must quarrel with out operates for enlistin7 men," it will not do for Lord Russell to answer that he has no legal proof of the enlist ment ; till he can put a stop to the illegal pro ceedings of the Federals he has no right to make a didlomatic complaint against the illegal pro ceedings of the Confederates. Lord R. Cecil put the case very clearly. The Confederates buy un armed ships, and arm them beyond our jurisdiction ; the Federals carry off recruits, and enrol them be yond our jurisdiction. If the one be a legal act, so is the other; if the first be an evasion of the laW and a ground of diplomatic action, so is the second. If we have no technical 'proof against the Federals, a court of law has declared that we have no evi dence against the Confederates. Both cases stand on exactly the same footing, with this single dif ference, that the law which the Federals have broken is perfeetly clear ; that infringed by the Confederates is extrem e ly d ou btf u l an d uncertain. COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER -MARCH 12. We had a small show of wheat on offer at this market to-day, and late rates were supported for best samples ; in ferior sorts difficult to sell. Fine barley at former prices ; other sorts unchanged, Beans and peas were rather dull of sale. Wheat, white. 44s 50s Beans,Mazagan..2Bs 32s red 40s 44s middle & 5ma11.328 360 Barley Oats THE NAVY ESTIMATES. The house then w nt into committee of supply. Mr. STANSFELD, in moving the vote for wages o, artificers and workmen in the dockyards, entered into a lengthened explanation of the present state of those estab lishments, and the changes and improvements introduced in the mode of keeping the accounts, checking the work dune, and supervising the labour department. The increase in the vote was for the 3,700 additional men required to re pair ships on their way home, to make up arrears in the steam navy, and to construct some of the newest and most powerful vessels ever yet designed. He also stated that sufficient iron had been purchased to complete all the armour plated ships that would be built or laid down during the next twelve months; and that measures had been adopted for taking stock in all her Msjesty's yards on the Ist of next month, and the system would be continued thereafter. Mr. LINDSAY argued that the Government were not justified in asking the house to agree to this increase, un less they were able to show that the Admiralty could build ships in the Royal dockyards as economically and efficiently as in private yards, He moved as an amendment to reduce the vote by the amount of wages for the additional number of men. Sir F. SMITH was willing to accept the assurance of the Government that the increase was necessary, and should give them his support.. A lengthened discussion followed, in the course of which Sir J. ELPHINSTONE, Mr. LAIRD, and other members urged that the Government ought to supply fullerinforma• tion with regard to the sort of ships they proposed to build before asking the House to vote so large a sum of money. It was also contended that a class of ships of tie character of the Alabama was indispensably necessary is the present circumstances of the navy. Explanations were given by Lord C. PAGET and Mr. STANSFELD ; and upon a division the amendment of Mr. Lindsay was negatived by 100 to 29. The vote of £1,275,000 for the wages of artificers in the dockyards at home was then agreed to, as was also the vote of £62,205 for the wages of artificers in her Majesty's naval establishments abroad. The Mutiny Bill was read a third time and passed. The Consolidated Fund (£4,500,000) Bill and the Con solidated Fund (£581,650) Bill were read a second time. The other business was also disposed of, and the house adjourned at five minutes past twelve. The Board of Trade Inquiry at Liverpool, Yesterday the court delivered the following decision in the case of the John Linn, abandoned at sea by her captain and crew on the let of January last : " This inquiry was very properly ordered by the Board of Trade in consequence of the representation made by the Association for the Protection of Underwriters, founded upon a letter written by Captain Beaglehole, of the ship Deogaum, in which he stated that he had fallen in with the ship John Lynn with only 3ft 6 in of water in her hold, that he lay by her and sailed her for two days and a night, and that she would reach as far as the ➢eogaum under her two lower topsails and jib. The natural conclusion from such a report was that the John Linn had been prematurely abandoned. The court after a thorough inquiry into the allegations after mentioned, and after hearing the evidence of the first officer and other persons of the crew of the John Linn, is satisfied that the serious charge made by Captain Beaglehole is not sustained. There has been no proof to satisfy the court that the single sounding alleged to have been taken by Captain Beaglehole is to be re lied upon in the least; in fact, it appears clear that the bottom of the ship was not reached by many feet by the capstan bar the instrument used in sounding. In the absence of such proof the whole charge falls to the ground. It is also clear that no effort was made by Captain Beaglehole to sail the ship, and the Court can place as little reliance upon his assertions, for they are nothing more, that he could have saved the ship, as it can upon the state of facts which he has endeavoured to substantiate by evi dence. On the other hand, the Court is satisfied that Capt. Browning and his crew used every exertion to get his ship home or into any port of safety, and only abandoned her in extremity, and when he considered it necessary to save life, and after 24 days of unremitting exertion. The Court has, therefore, great pleasure in restoring Captain Browning his certificate. The Court desires to express its opinion that the mate of the Deogaum had no business to set fire to ,the ship, as he did, on his own r esponsibility ; and it seems strange that the master of the Deogaum failed to report the circumstances in the original letters to his owners in which he makes the charge upon which the investigation is founded. The Court does not mean to say that under no circumstances would it be justifiable to put a derelict out of the way of psssing vessels in certain parts of the ocean, but, looking at the position in which this ship was aban doned, and bearing in mind its valuable cargo, it strongly deprecates the proceeding." 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Rlcti—GonE.---On the 10th inst., at S. John's, Kensi ton, Lieut.-Colonel G eorge W. T. Rich, 71st Foot, ; Adelaide, daughter o f G eneral the Hon. Sir Chas. G°" G.C.8., end Lady Gore, of liensington-park-gardene . WYNNE--.HASLOCK —On the 12th inet. at Saint Luli°,._ ,. ; Holloway, J. IL Wynne, Lg., to Sarah, widow ° f late C.S. Haslock, and filth surviving daughter of Artll Allen, Esq., of Granville-park, Biackheath. Deaths. CAPRON.—On the 13th inst' , at Southwick Hall, Ator, tharnptonshire, Martha, th e wife of George Capron, -P s ' aged 79. EAGER. —On the 13th inst., Mrs. Eager, Walmer 1 30 aged 85. 0 . 1 11 HIRTEY.—On the 11th inst., at Chester, Major-G° ll Harvey, aged 64. p er MILNER.—On the 13th inst , at Gl ouces t er -place, . 8 man-square, Thomas Henry Milner, Esq., aged 64. MotimirousE.—On the 12th inst., at Bayswater, Georg Monkhouse, Esq., aged 63. r neig MORGA.N.—On the 10th inst,, at B e df or d- sq uare, - v Morgan, Esq., aged 87. 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